Pricing is Bizarre (Excuse Bad Pun)

Pricing is Bizarre (Excuse Bad Pun)
Originally uploaded by jakeyd.

It is impossible to figure out the logic of the pricing. In addition, almost everything is on the expensive side relative to retail intended for the American working class. It is almost possible to develop a sneaking respect for Walmart.

An extremely well made, silk knit T-shirt with good design and interesting knit pattern ("Salvatore Ferragamo" - yeah, right) costs $11. (I should have bought stacks.) A really crappy, skimpy cotton undershirt (for the 16 year-old girl set) costs $20.

Meanwhile, all the interesting, locally-made, handcrafted stuff (generally not available at ADEM) is so cheap (relative to quality, in any event). It's all pretty much straight out of the textbooks about the appeal of the factory-made, different, supposedly Western, etc. relative to the home-grown and handmade.